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Porto Viro, in the valleys of the Radicchio di Chioggia Igp and the fishermen of the Po Delta

The land of the Red Prince, a land full of charm

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Nature
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67 km
Rovigo
Aggiornato al 2 March 2020


This triple itinerary allows you to enter the heart of the Po Delta, in its extreme offshoot, in those places where the earth is no longer already land and the sea is not yet sea. Dominating are the embankments, which sinuously reach the outer lagoons and the fishing valleys: places of work for the inhabitants of the Delta but also areas where it is easy to meet most of the more than 370 species of regular nesting, migratory and wintering birds that populate Europe’s largest wetland area.

Porto Viro

The route offers the possibility of following two itineraries:

ROUTE 1: the route is 43 km

ROUTE 2: the route is 26 km

ROUTE 3: the path of the entire perimeter is 67 km




1. Park visitor center

It is the technological showcase of the Park, equipped with maxi screens and internet stations that provide the main information on the Po Delta Park.


2. Museum of Bees

It is in effect a center of Beekeeping where it is possible to visit the exhibition-museum dedicated to the life of bees in its many and fascinating aspects, as well as educational paths and workshops for the little ones.


3. Ca’ Pisani floodplain

The area hosts several nature trails with bird watching observatories, a small visitor center, built inside a traditional house, where you can learn about the characteristics of the area. On the outside are reconstructed some structures once used for river fishing.


4. Pila, the fishing village

The leading sector of the economy of this small inhabited area is fishing, an historical activity as evidenced by the little harbor along the Po where the ‘cavane’, serving as shelter for boats and the characteristic fish market, overlook.


5. The Punta Maistra lighthouse

The Lighthouse of Punta Maistra represents for the Delta a sort of reference, an inescapable and well distinguishable landmark in all periods of the year and with all kinds of weather conditions. The impressive building inspired writers and poets who made Delta the real protagonist in their books.

Una volta attraversato è possibile prendere la strada alzaia che costeggia il corso del fiume, per dirigerci verso Barchessa Ravagnan, o quella immediatamente successiva che ci permetterà di arrivare alla stessa Barchessa, però incrociando la Chiesetta del Polesnin.


6. Church of the Polesnin

It is a small consecrated space that maintains unchanged the atmosphere of placid and serene faith, that in the countryside of the past, helped to live even the most difficult moments of the existence caused by the great floods of the rivers or by the adversities that in an impervious land, like the Po Delta, were not uncommon.

Presso Barchessa Ravagnan continuiamo dritti fino ad incrociare una nuova strada dove svolteremo a sinistra. Dopo una curva a 90 gradi sulla sinistra, in località Valle Scanarello, svolteremo ancora a sinistra per continuare la nostra pedalata in riva alla laguna. In prossimità dell’impianto idrovoro Bagliona terremo la destra, continuando ad avere la laguna sulla nostra destra e proseguiremo fino a raggiungere Porto Levante. Qui, dalla piccola darsena, nel periodo estivo, una piccola chiatta consente di raggiungere Scanno Cavallari, una delle bellissime spiagge che si trovano in zona. La nostra pedalata invece continua su Via delle Valli che risale il corso del Po di Levante. Raggiunta la Marina Nuova di Porto Levante, prenderemo l’argine del Collettore Padano Polesano, una strada sterrata che procederà rettilinea sul grande corso d’acqua per diversi chilometri. Procederemo fino ad incrociare via Mea. Su questa nuova strada continueremo dritti per qualche centinaio di metri e poi, alla seconda intersezione che troveremo sulla destra, svolteremo. Da qui basterà procedere sempre dritti per tornare verso l’abitato di Porto Viro e raggiungere P.zza Matteotti da dove siamo partiti.


7. Valle Mea

The surrounding countryside is the result of one of the last major reclamations of the Delta, as evidenced by the many hydraulic artifacts that you passed along the way: old water pumps, tank wells, floodgates.


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